Curriculum Vitae
Franco-German Painter, Author, and Academic
Life stages
Journalism & Management | Teaching, Research & Education | Honors & awards | Pro bono work
Jacqueline Hénard
Born in West-Berlin during the cold war, Jacqueline studied in Montpellier, Cambridge, and Paris, and graduated from the Sorbonne with a thesis in contemporary history and international relations.
Following a year as a volunteer with an NGO in rural Indonesia, she joined the editorial staff of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. She was appointed the FAZ’s Eastern Europe correspondent in 1987, during which time she also covered the transformation of the former East Germany.
In 1997, Jacqueline moved to Paris, where she worked first as a correspondent for Die Zeit and later ran the European program of the public radio France Culture.
In parallel, she continued to pursue her academic interests — teaching at Sciences Po Paris, doing research, and publishing a number of books on European history and culture in French and German
These days, Jacqueline paints and writes with equal enthusiasm. Her next book, a biography, is due to be published in 2024.
Journalism and Management
- Eastern Europe Correspondent at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (1987-1992)
- Correspondent at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Berlin (1993-1997)
- Paris bureau chief at Die Zeit (1997-2002)
- Producer, presenter and writer at France Culture (2002-2013)
- Paris bureau chief for the Tamedia Group (2004-2010)
- Managing Director at KekstCNC in Paris and Berlin (2013-2022)
- Freelance author at Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Images: Work in an International Management Consultancy
Teaching, Research and Education
- Research sabbatical at the Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics (1991)
- Research sabbatical at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2009)
- Associate fellow at Centre d’études en relations internationales (2002-2006)
- Senior Policy Associate at European Council on Foreign Relations (2010 – 2012)
- Senior Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris (2003 -2014)
- DEA thesis summa cum laude in Contemporary History and International Relations Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.
- Undergraduate studies at Cambridge University and Montpellier – Paul Valéry
Image: Panel discussion at Sciences Po Paris
Honors and Awards
- Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
- Internationaler Publizistik-Preis
- Joseph-Roth-Preis
- Sonderpreis des deutsch-französischen Kulturrats
- Prix de l’initiative européenne
Images: Legion of Honor
Pro Bono Work
- French foreign trade advisor CNCCEF, German chapter
- Advisory board of NoonSong e.V., weekly free concerts in Berlin
- Member of the board at Club XXIe siècle, an equal-opportunities initiative in Paris
- Jury member for international projects for the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Institut Montaigne, Aspen Institute and others